Change-slide.



No. 690,280. Patented Dec. 3|, l90l.

J. G." HENDRIDKSON.

CHANGE SLIDE.

(App! out onflldAp 19 1901) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES JAMES G. HENDRICKSON, OF BAYONNE, NE? JERSEY, ASSIGNOR HARRY S. BENSON AND WILLIAM A. READ, OF BAYONNE, NEWV JERSEY.

CHANGE-SLIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,280, dated, becern'ber 31, 1901. Application filed April 19, 1901. 5. 4 11%. 56,643. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES G. HENDRIOKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of 5 New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Change-Slides, of which the following is a specification.

This change-slide is adapted for the deliv-' cry of coin or the like, so as to enable the same to to be readily taken by the recipient; and the invention resides in certain novelfeatu res of construction set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figurel is a perspective view of the slide or device. Fig. 2 is a plan View of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of Fig. 2, the gate being closed. Fig. 4 shows the gate opened and also shows a somewhat-modified form of lever.

rangement of gate.

The delivery apparatus is shown comprising a gutter or chute the bottom of which is indicated at a and sides at b. This chute may a 5 lead from or form part of a plate or table or platform part. In the drawings this latter is shown with bottom a and sides I) of enlarged separation or which lead toward the chute in a taper or funnel-like manner. The bottom 36 a is shown fixed or rigid or of one piece throughout, so that a purchaser or person receiving change placing or pressing his hand or finger-tips from underneath against bottom a will find a steady or immovable support.

The front or mouth of the chute is open, so that change can slide or drop out at such front or lower free end on the opening of the gate, which latter, as seen, comprises the front part or gate proper, c, and sides d, hinged or joint- 40 ed at e. The gate or door can drop shut by its weight; but a spring or springs f, applied in practice to close or help in closing the gate, have been found serviceable. The gate is shown with its sides at the outside of the chute or sides I), and the cuts or breaks at g in said chute sides allow the. gate-front c to close or drop clear to the bottom a.

When the gate is closed, coin or objects sliding down the chute are arrested against gate-front 0; but on opening or raising the latter these objects can slide down out of the Fig. 5 shows a modified ar-s chute into the hand of the recipient. .The gate is opened by a lever. shown doubled or in form of a bail or with two arms; but the description of one lever-arm explains the operation. This lever or its'armso-are each provided with or mounted on a fulcrum or pivot h on sides I). The free or rear end of arm 0 engages the gate or side 61 at a suitable point or stud vi, and the power-point of the leto n It. The fingers of the hand being placed against the under side of bottom a and the thumb pressing on knob 70 above the bottom, the lever is swung to open or lift the gate forthe coin to slide into the hand. The knob being then released or the hand removed, the gate drops or is closed by spring f. This spring can be suitably applied by being coiled about hinge e and braced at points or studs Z and m at sides (Z Z).

The device can be applied to use as required. It can be mounted on a foot or post or secured to or have its part a sunk in or flush with a table or counter, as at the delivery or paying window of a bank or railroad or ticket office, or'it might be applied or suspended at the side or top of such window above the counter, so that if by accident the change should miss or jump past or out of the hand of the customer such change or'coin will land on the counter instead of falling on the floor. These details, however, are for the user to arrange as required and need not be dwelt on herein.

The bottom a can be corrugated or ridged to prevent coin adhering. Ridges are shown at rt. In Fig. 1 the lever-arm o is shown simply resting against stud or point 2', while in Fig. 4 the resistance portion of the lever is shown slotted or made to straddle or fork about this stud, and suchlatter arrangement it has been found will prevent the lever or its handle 70 from jumping or swinging unnecessarily from bottom a.

In Fig. 5 is shown an arrangement for having the gate close from below up instead of from above down. The pivot or hinge e is here shown below bottom a, and this bottom is slotted or cut, so that a passage is formed by which the gate 0 can swing down and up between the sides I), the latter in this in ver is shown in form of a head or thumb-buta lever for actuating the gate, said sides having a cut-away portion to allow the gate to close to the bottom substantially as described.

2. Acoinorchangeslidecomprisingachute having a fixed bottom, a gate, and a lever for actuating the gate, said lever having a knob or thumb-button located above the bottom so that the fingers-and thumb of a hand can clasp the bottom and button for pressing the latter toward the bottom substantially as described,

In a device of the character described,

"an inclined chute, a gate pivoted to the sides of said chute and adapted to close the same intermediate its ends, a pair of studs carried by said gate, a pair of springs suitably connected to said gate, and a lever pivotally connected to the sides of said chute and engaging said studs for operating the gate.

4:. In a device of the character described, a chute having an open front or deliverymouth, a gate suitably pivoted to the sides of said chute and adapted to close the mouth or open front thereof, means for normally retaining said gate in a closed position, and a lever pivoted to the chute and engaging with the gate for elevating the gate to open the mouth or open front of the chute.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing. witnesses.

JAMES G. HENDRIOKSON.-

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. POENSGEN, E. F. KASTENHUBERr 

